Homemade log processor saw issues

[Chipy]

I doubt many farmers have heard of PUWER lol

[treequip]

I doubt many farmers have heard of PUWER lol

 

I know of a few farmers that have been bent over and "introduced" to the concept by the powers that be:laugh1:

[Chipy]

If an electric ram is the answer then can someone show me an example of what I'd need

[treequip]

If an electric ram is the answer then can someone show me an example of what I'd need

 

Ask yourself this. Can you show another machine of that type with anything other than a hydraulic ram?

 

Who is filling your head with this nonsense?

[Breezeblock]

whats wrong with hydraulics they can do everything that you need them to do for this job i would suggest getting somebody who has experience with rams and control systems instead of farting about with guess work sometimes a fresh pair of eyes can do wonders

[Chipy]

 

Someone who hasn't got a clue

No one has suggested a better way of controlling the ram so no wonder im coming up with some weird ideas. Il have to try Approved Hydraulics again on tuesday. Id love to know how all these processors work because you push one lever on them and the saw runs and the ram pushes it down and the saw never stalls!

[treequip]

Someone who hasn't got a clue

No one has suggested a better way of controlling the ram so no wonder im coming up with some weird ideas. Il have to try Approved Hydraulics again on tuesday. Id love to know how all these processors work because you push one lever on them and the saw runs and the ram pushes it down and the saw never stalls!

 

Where are you?

[Chipy]

Cumbria, close to Kendal

[ash_smith123]

Just out of interest, how much is this homemade log processor costing? With the parts you have used AND your time charged at minimum wage?!

When you can buy a towable/petrol processor from someone like farmi for £10k or a second hand Posch 350 for £12k i don't really see the point in making one. In my opinion it's never going to be as good.

[Chipy]

Just out of interest, how much is this homemade log processor costing? With the parts you have used AND your time charged at minimum wage?!

When you can buy a towable/petrol processor from someone like farmi for £10k or a second hand Posch 350 for £12k i don't really see the point in making one. In my opinion it's never going to be as good.

 

Simply because no one makes one that does what mine does which is cut a 10 foot length into a 5 foot length and then split it and bundle it. The reason I want them so long is my boiler has 6 foot chamber in it so the bigger my bundle is the less I need to load it. Im fairly sure no one in the world even makes one. Yes you get bundlers for 3 foot lengths but not 5 feet. Yes you get processors that do what mine does but largest stuff they split is around 55cm and yes you get just splitters that do meter lengths but that's all they do. Also this machine has made the whole process a 1 man job although it's faster with 2 because 1 of us can constantly load the bundler but were sometimes too busy for 2 of us to do it.